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Re:“Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing and Expecting Different... by betenoire on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @02:55PM (#13979520)
Right, and if you reduce a quote to a tautology, you miss the point.

It's like complaining that a metaphor isn't literal.

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Re:“Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing and Expecting Different... by btschaegg on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @04:05PM (#13980157)
Not entirely. I don't really have a quarrel with the quotes message (I wouldn't really care, TBH), but with how it's used. And sadly, it usually is used to dismiss someone's efforts by misinterpreting the other person's motives (or "expectations") - which coincides with exactly this pattern.

So basically, whenever I read the phrase so far (luckily, I never had to hear it in a personal discussion yet), someone uses it to belittle someone else without taking his/her perspective into account. Or any changes to the world as a whole for that matter.

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Re:“Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing and Expecting Different... by betenoire on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @06:13PM (#13981253)
I can see that, thanks for sticking with me :)
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